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Adaptation to COVID-19: Through the Lens of Coping and Defense Mechanisms
(2022-08-30)
The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing stressor. One way people adapt to stressors is through the deployment of coping and defense mechanisms. Initially thought to be the same process, coping and defense mechanisms are ...
The Influence of Rejection Sensitivity on Perceiving Racial Microaggressions and Anxiety Among South Asian Students
(2022-11-30)
Past research has shown that three in four people of color experience discrimination within their daily lives. However, despite the well-known link between racial microaggressions and mental health, little is known about ...
Habitual Consumption of a High-Fat-Sugar Diet: Disruptions on Hippocampal Memory and Executive Functioning
(2022-11-09)
There is growing evidence for the role of higher reported saturated fat and refined sugar diet (HFS) in impairing hippocampal-dependent memory. In consonance with animal research, human research showed that overconsumption ...
Effects of Resilience and Psychological Defenses on the Relationship Between Emotional Distress & Gastrointestinal Health
(2021-09-15)
Mental health concerns are commonly associated with chronic disease. Additionally, mental health concerns can have major influence on physical health outcomes. Functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders are common chronic ...
Discrimination, Concealment, & Multiple Minority Status within LGBTQ+ Populations
(2021-09-15)
The LGBTQ+ community is a diverse population composed of sub-groups of sexual and gender minorities with unique experiences. While this community faces discrimination and stigma across the globe, it remains an understudied ...
Being a Strong Black Woman and Willing to Seek Help
(2022-01-05)
The Strong Black Woman (SBW) schema is a race-gender specific schema that has been and continues to be used as a tool of survival for Black women. The SBW schema has also been linked to physical and mental health consequences. ...
Admiration, Joy, and Love: The Examination of Emotion in Surgery
(2023-08-14)
“No other calling . . . demands a more absolute self-negation than the one you have chosen. No other vocation — not even the sacred ministration of religion itself — requires a more constant exercise of the higher faculties ...
Medication Assisted Therapy and Women with Opiate Use Disorder and Children: A Study of Stigma
(2023-08-21)
Substance use disorder (SUD) is often perceived by the public as dangerous and immoral, with individuals perceived as dangerous and to blame for their diagnosis. Women with children often struggle with opiate use disorder ...
Moderating Role of Religiosity in the Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Post-Traumatic Growth Among Emerging Adults Via Coping
(2023-08-14)
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) pose significant health concerns in today's society, encompassing various forms of physical and emotional abuse, neglect, and dysfunctional household experiences during childhood (Beutel ...
Burnout in Nursing: Institutional and Societal Impact in the Era of COVID-19
(2023-08-15)
There have been numerous studies indicating high levels of burnout in nurses during and since the SARS – CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic (Caruso et al., 2021; Wei et al., 2022). This exploratory online survey of hospital nurses ...